Islamabad has opted to avoid becoming entangled in a war which Riyadh is trying to wage against the Islamic Republic of Iran, Al-Monitor reported.
Earlier this month, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was invited to the kingdom for urgent talks with King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud and his advisers. The king met Sharif at the airport to underscore the importance of the talks. The main topic was the talks between Iran and the world powers over Tehran’s nuclear peaceful program. The king wanted firm assurances from Sharif that Pakistan would align itself with Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies against Iran.
Salman specifically wanted a Pakistani military contingent to deploy to the kingdom to help defend the vulnerable Southwest border with Yemen and serve as a trip-wire force.
According to Pakistani sources, Sharif has decided not to send troops to Saudi Arabia. Pakistan also declined to move its embassy in Yemen from Sana’a to Aden as the Saudis and the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council states have done to distance themselves from Yemen’s ruling revolutionaries.
